Abstract

This article is intended as a presentation for Queensland University of Technology (QUT) per request by Richard Thomas (BIT Course Coordinator).

Patterns are either indicative of programming language deficiency or are inconsequential and do not deserve elevated status. In this article, I examine two of the Gang-of-Four Design Patterns [Design Patterns] and two entries from Martin Fowler's Refactoring [Refactoring]. These are shown to be of either no significance and worthy of no mention or only applicable in a contrived environment, such as a deficiency in the expressiveness of a programming language.